I was recently discussing hard drive errors with someone and they came up with the idea of zeroing out a hard drive to fix the bad sectors. Zeroing out the disk may appear to fix the issues for a while, but...
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I've got a cheap and cheerful HP LaserJet 1022 attached via USB to my Mac Pro. Up until 10.6 came along, it worked perfectly. Then, once Snow Leopard arrived on the scene (and, more specifically Apple's insistence to bundle print...
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I had to install a Mac mini Server today and couldn't get a spare monitor to plug it in to for the installer. In the past, I'm sure I've been able to use Apple Remote Desktop to connect to it...
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I was under the impression that most, if not all, OS X command-line utilities are resource-fork aware (where they need to be anyway) It seems that this isn't the case. The Unzip command does not understand the way that BOMArchiveHelper...
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My good mate Reino pointed me to a great little GUI ACL editor for Mac OS X. More useful on non Server versions of OS X that lack any meaningful way to edit ACLs other than via the command line,...
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Telstra have some of the fastest 3G wireless and some of the best coverage in Australia. Yes, you sure pay for the privilege, but it's there when you need it and it works. Mostly. One thing that has been an...
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I had to set up a couple of new Sony VAIO laptops for a client recently, and I was amazed at the difference in the Out of Box Experience between a premium PC manufacturer and Apple. No, there's nothing technical...
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These notes won't be of too much use to anyone but me, I'm putting them here so that I can refer to them later on when I need to... Install a minimal system. Once installed, find where the CDROM is...
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